PMI Lithuania Chapter

🤖 AI projects are becoming part of everyday work. Do you know how to recognize the right approach?

PMI® Essentials: Seven AI Project Patterns is a free learning opportunity designed to help professionals better understand and navigate AI-related initiatives.

📘 In this course, you'll learn how to:
✅ Recognize and assess different types of AI projects
✅ Break down project work into clear patterns
✅ Evaluate whether AI is the right fit for a problem
✅ Approach AI planning and decision-making with greater confidence
✅ Apply practical insights through short lessons and real-world scenarios

As AI continues to shape projects across industries, understanding the fundamentals can help you ask better questions, make informed decisions, and contribute more effectively to project discussions.

💡 A great starting point for project managers, team leaders, and anyone interested in the growing role of AI in project work.
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What is Decision Velocity?

⚡ It’s the speed at which decisions are made and implemented without unnecessary delay. In uncertain environments, hesitation increases risk. Momentum often becomes a competitive advantage.

What are WIP Limits?

🔢 WIP limits define how many tasks a team works on at the same time.

🎯 Limiting WIP improves focus, reduces context-switching, and helps tasks get completed faster.

It’s a practical way to balance workload and increase delivery efficiency.

Thank you for joining PMI Lithuania at AI + Data in Projects: Hype vs Reality 🙌

From AI and automation to data-driven decision-making, the discussions were practical, engaging, and full of real project insights.

Special thank you to our speakers:
Nazrin Rustamova
Ilona Smilgiūtė
Christopher Metu

And thank you to SMK College for partnering with us and hosting the event in Vilnius.

Great conversations, new connections, and valuable learning.
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What is Feedback Cadence?

🔄 Feedback cadence defines how often and through which channels feedback is collected, reviewed, and acted upon.

🧠 Regular, structured feedback keeps projects aligned, improves quality, and supports continuous learning. It ensures teams respond to issues before they grow.

What is Psychological Safety in Projects?

🧠 It’s a team environment where people feel safe to raise risks, challenge assumptions, and admit mistakes. Transparency strengthens delivery and innovation. High-performing teams are built on trust.

📢 Certification spotlight: PMI-CPMAI™ - now available in 9 more languages!

AI is becoming part of everyday project work, but managing AI projects requires a different approach.

The PMI-CPMAI™ certification is a tool-agnostic framework designed to help professionals lead AI initiatives with clarity, structure, and confidence, from idea to real-world application.

What’s included:
✔ 21-hour exam prep course
✔ Practice exam
✔ Leading and Managing AI Projects digital guide
✔ Certification exam via Pearson VUE

This certification focuses on real challenges in AI projects, including data uncertainty, evolving models, governance, and ethical considerations.

Who it’s for:
• Project managers
• Product owners and delivery leads
• Technical professionals moving into leadership
• Consultants and service providers
• Career starters and changers
• Organizational leaders

A practical step for professionals working with AI and data in projects today.

👉 Click the link to learn more
https://bit.ly/3QTrcDJ

📢 New Event is coming!

➡️ AI and data are now part of many projects, but results are still mixed.

Some teams see real impact. Others face unclear value, scattered data, or solutions that don’t deliver as expected.

This event brings together three perspectives - AI, data product, and portfolio delivery to explore what actually works in real project environments.

🗓️ May 18 | 19:00–21:00
📍 SMK College, Vilnius
🎟️ Free to attend

🎙 Speakers:
Nazrin Rustamova
Ilona Smilgiūtė
Christopher Metu

What you’ll take away:
✔ Where AI adds value in project work and where it falls short
✔ Why data initiatives struggle to create business impact
✔ How project and program data improves decision-making
✔ What to focus on when working with AI and data today

This is for project professionals, product owners, and data practitioners who want a practical view beyond the hype.

🤝 In partnership with SMK College

👉 Click the link to register
https://bit.ly/4d8igBM

Last week, our chapter participated in the Project Management Institute LIM as speakers for the first time.

We came up with the idea of a parallel to Star Wars, showing that the true "force" of volunteer "Jedi" lies in contributing to what they most enjoy doing.

We do believe that each person has an individual strength and potential for volunteering.

We were happy to bring this as a case study and share it with other chapters so they can replicate it as well.

And of course, we brought LEGO bricks and challenged groups to create a "brand" to represent their chapter.

It was a great session, and we want to say a big THANK YOU to all who came to support, guided us before, and shared a warm reception after.

May the Force be with you!

What is Adaptive Governance?

⚖️ It’s a flexible oversight approach where reporting, approvals, and controls scale according to risk and complexity. Not every initiative needs the same level of structure. Governance becomes proportional, not procedural.